Breweryhas ambitions to double capacity

Asouth Shropshirebrewery has announced amajor expansionover theyearahead, potentiallydoublingcapacity.

Ludlow BrewingCompany recently addedkeg beerstoits productportfolio afterproducingcask ales sincethe company’sinception in 2006.Worktoinstall four new state-of-the-artbrewing tankshas begun, with thebrewery setting itssightsonlaunching its firstlagerbysummer

This month, asales manager hasbeenappointed to supportthe brewery’sgrowthplans.Current- ly thebrewery,housedinarenovatedVictorian railwayshedin Ludlow,can produce25,000 pints perweek, around 1.3million pints annually

Expansionwillenablethe brewerytopotentially double itscapacity to 2.6million pintsper year

Head brewer Cody Palin, who hasbeenleading theproject,said that thenew system will maximise efficiency both in termsoflabour andenergy. He said:“This is our toppriority, as we’retryingour best to keep ourpricesaslow as we canfor customers. Expectedly we’vehad to increase ourprices duetothe rising cost of energy Thecostofall of ourraw ingredients hasgone up 30-40% in 2022.”

Despite undeniably, andunprecedented, toughtrading times forbreweries,and theirbreadand-buttercustomers –publicans, 2022 wasa “good year”for Ludlow Brewery, so thereiscause foroptimism in theyearahead

“Fortunatelywe’dbeenplanning this expansionfor some time before Covidhit,so financiallywe were in agood position to begin theproject,” said Mr Palin.